Le rempart des Béguines (1972)
- Original title
- Le Rempart des Béguines
- Directed by
- Guy Casaril
- Genre
- drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A teenage girl becomes entangled with her father's mistress in a wealthy household. Their complex relationship stirs tensions around class and desire.
melancholicslow-burntenseintrospectivevisually lushsomberintimateatmospheric
What happens
The Beguines (French: Le Rempart des béguines, lit. 'The Rampart of the Beguines') is a 1972 drama film directed by Guy Casaril and starring Nicole Courcel and Anicée Alvina. It is based on the 1951 novel Le Rempart des béguines by Belgian author Françoise Mallet-Joris. The plot centers around a stage that is reminiscent of Mallet-Joris's native hometown of Antwerp and addresses the themes of social class and korephilia. The film was released in France on 20 September 1972. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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